Sterile insect technique for Chilo sacchariphagus control: rearing development and radiation biology studies
| MSI11P4582 | |
| Caphane, J Facknath, S Ganeshan, S Conlong, D | |
| Sterile insect technique for Chilo sacchariphagus control: rearing development and radiation biology studies | |
| Book of Abstracts: University of Mauritius Research Week 2011, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 5-9 September 2011 | |
| University of Mauritius Research Week 2011, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 5-9 September 2011 | |
| Book chapter | |
| 2011 | |
| p. 12 (Agriculture) | |
| Réduit, University of Mauritius | |
| Abstract only | |
| En | |
| En | |
| Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is a biological control method which has been successfully applied to several insect pests since the past fifty years. However, this technique has not been investigated anywhere in the world for the management of Chilo sacchariphagus, and therefore represents an innovative pest management approach for this important insect pest of sugarcane. The success of the SIT approach rests on releasing large numbers of treated, but healthy and fully competitive, individuals. This necessitates developing an efficient breeding and rearing protocol, which involves optimization of the diet and environmental (temperature, relative humidity, photoperiod, etc) conditions, and establishing appropriate insect densities in the specialized rearing facility. This is then followed by determining the right dose of radiation for maximum sterilisation and minimum side effects. Visits were undertaken to South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) to study the successful breeding facility there and to two sugar estates in Mozambique to obtain an idea of the extent of C. sacchariphagus damage in sugarcane fields there. The knowledge gathered from these 2 visits is being used to set up rearing studies, with the objective of determining the most appropriate diet, the optimum environmental parameters, and the "best" means of optimising oviposition. | |
| biological control sugarcane pests pest management pest management approach Chilo sacchariphagus sterile insect technique rearing facility radiation biology | |
| Mauritius | |
| Sugarcane: Pests, pest control and management | |
| Chilo sacchariphagus | |
| 2011-09-14 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| ENTO |